To all my friends who are Obama supporters, and one obvious piece of advice to the Obama campaign:
Want Hillary out of the race? Beat her today in the Pennsylvania primary. Not a 'moral' victory, not "we closed the gap to only 5 points". Win.
All those who have been calling for Hillary to get out of the way of Obama's nomination continue to ignore the obvious. If Barack would just win PA (of if he had won OH) then it's over. Hillary would be out of the race in 48 hours.
If HIllary does win PA today, as is likely, then I think we need to acknowledge that there is a flaw in the Obama movement. I will embrace the nominee of the party when all is said and done. For now, I will continue to point out the shortcomings of the Obama campaign. Winning important states like Ohio, PA, Florida, NJ is critical for the nominee of the Democratic Party, we all know that. Utah and South Carolina will not be in the Democratic column in November.
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I don't follow this logic, Joe. Why does narrowly losing to Sen Clinton in certain states imply that Sen Obama will lose to Sen McCain in those same states?
As far as Sen Obama needing to win PA, would it then follow that Sen Clinton absolutely must win NC or else she should drop out?
I just think it's not about particular individual states, it's about the delegate total. The only reason one state is more important than another (aside from number of delegates in play, obviously) is to establish momentum and convince voters of viability. The second point is why nobody cares that a Senator wins their home state - it's a given. I don't think anybody out there questions the viability of either candidate now, though some certainly (correctly, I would say) questioned Sen Obama's viability earlier.
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